A simple plan to resolve the immigration crisis

The solution to our immigration problem is so simple that it boggles one's mind.

The solution to our immigration problem is so simple that it boggles one's mind.

First, we are not going to deport 10 million people. What would we do, keep them in concentration camps, then pack them into box cars and ship them back? However, they broke the law and must pay a price. So fine them some nominal amount, say, $100 per person per year. As a further penalty, they cannot apply for full U.S. citizenship for 10 years instead of five.

To prevent a continuous influx of illegal immigrants, build a fence. Fences may not be 100 percent effective but seem to work pretty well around prisons and the White House. Then, quadruple the number of legal immigrants but screen out undesirables.

But please simplify the present convoluted immigration process so it is cheap and easy. Also, don't limit immigrants to high-tech types. That's too nearsighted. My father, age 57, was only a farmer with no extraordinary skills, but America took a chance on him, his wife, two teenage girls and an 8-year-old boy (me).

We did well in this country, and the country did well with us. This process should be repeated.